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TIL: U.S. ranked 49th in Freedom of Press. Down from 17th in 2002.

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LQOxQ TIL Dogs prioritise the smell of humans over everything, according to an MRI of their brains, and view their owners as members of their family.
GOdj TIL that there’s a type of neutron star called a magnetar which has a magnetic field that’s so powerful that being within 1,000 miles of one would warp all the atoms in your body and from a distance of 100,000 miles away it would be able to wipe out the data of every credit card on the planet.
DQBvD TIL that most people "talk" to themselves in their head and hear their own voice, and some people hear their voice regardless of whether they want it or not.
XegQ TIL 2,000 year-old seeds were discovered in Israel around 1965 to be held in storage for the next 40 years. After they were planted, a tree that has been extinct for 1,800 years sprouted.
P4GZ TIL the more sexual encounters a man has the more likely he is to have positive views of women